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College Green Brewery
Brewed at Hilden

Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Belfast, Northern Ireland

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RATINGS: 27   MEAN: 2.92/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.89   EST. CALORIES: 129   ABV: 4.3%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Cask, Occasional;
A pale, clean beer on the palate with a delicate hoppy nose and distinctly ’moreish’ tendancies.


3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
downender (4387) - Bristol, - APR 2, 2009
Cask-conditioned at the Bag ONails, Bristol 02/04/09. Solid golden ale with a decent white head, sweetish malt flavours and some grassy hops in the background. Drinkable.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
AshtonMcCobb (934) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - JAN 8, 2012
Pours amber/blonde with gentle bubbles and a small head which disappears quite quickly. The nose has honey and cornflakes. The taste has lemon, honey and shredded wheat. The palate is light to medium bodied and this carries through into the texture - the finsih is clean. Overall, a decent session ale.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
BREWMUSKCLES (1686) - New Jersey, USA - DEC 11, 2011
smooth and slick with some foam and substance in the body. bit of hop and fleeting golden blonde malt cereal flavor with a touch of sweetness. refined like an English brew and drinkable. astringent almost mint tea component near the start.

1.3
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 1/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 7/20
Down2die (57) - IRELAND - NOV 29, 2011
from farmers market strabane. pale beer with pleasant and distinct hop character lingering at the end. wont be returning

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
ladnewton (910) - London, Greater London, ENGLAND - OCT 9, 2011
On tap at Mulligan’s, Dublin on 30th September 2011. Hazy gold with lasting thin white head and patchy lacing. Yeast and citrus aroma, then very hoppy in-mouth with fragrant fruity grapefruit. Touch of tangerine in the nose as liquid subsides. Aftertaste remains citric and tangy. Pleasant fine-carbonation texture.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Stephanos (864) - NORTHERN IRELAND - SEP 10, 2011
Tried on draught at Hilden Beer Festival August 2011 and from bottle 10/9/11 certainly lives up to its name pouring a pale transparent blonde with fluffy white head. We decided it should be called "awkward blonde" at the festival due to the font fobbing! Floral hop aromas on the nose with underlying honey sweetness. Prickly carbonation, malt sweetness with a clean lightly bitter finish. Served cold on a summers day this would slip down nicely.

2.7
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
kschep (1494) - DENMARK - JUL 29, 2011
Nose is urinal cakes, some mediumbitter hops, dry lemon, feel is watery, carb is mediumweak, taste is weak bitter.hops.at first, then lemon throughout

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
dynamiteninja (840) - York, North Yorkshire, ENGLAND - MAR 23, 2011
Cask. The Pub, Leicester. Thin white head, blonde body. Grass, dough, aromatic. Sweet, with a bitter finish.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
garthicus (2088) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - JAN 14, 2011
Bottle, appearance: pale orange, snow white head. Aroma: Sour, oranges, grassy hops, yeast. Flavour: honey, lots of honey, malt, hops. Almost like Meade. Wow. Didn’t expect this 

1.9
   AROMA 3/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 1/5   OVERALL 8/20
liffeystynx (14) - IRELAND - DEC 22, 2010
500 ml. bottle (Deveney’s) Very little aroma. Attractive clear pale appearance. Fizzy palate without a very pronounced taste. Overall impression: gassy and light on taste.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
armando629 (1995) - Budapest, HUNGARY - NOV 13, 2010
0,5 l bottle as a gift, thanks Ompher!
Clear golden beer with a small lacing white head.Moderated aroma with malt, straw and sourish apple. Thin bodied with some malt, light sourish and fruity yeasts, light bitterness. Sourish greenapple aftertaste.


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